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Puff :: Puff (v. t.) To cause to swell or dilate; to inflate; to ruffle with puffs; -- often with up; as, a bladder puffed with air..

Rise :: Rise (n.) Increase of sound; a swelling of the voice.

Plim :: Plim (v. i.) To swell, as grain or wood with water..

Jointworm :: "Jointworm (n.) The larva of a small, hymenopterous fly (Eurytoma hordei), which is found in gall-like swellings on the stalks of wheat, usually at or just above the first joint. In some parts of America it does great damage to the crop..

Boln :: Boln (v. i.) To swell; to puff.

Swelltoad :: Swellish (a.) Dandified; stylish.

Toadfish :: Toadfish (n.) A swellfish.

Protuberate :: Protuberate (v. i.) To swell, or be prominent, beyond the adjacent surface; to bulge out..

Turgesce :: Turgesce (v. i.) To become turgid; to swell or be inflated.

Booming :: Booming (a.) Rushing with violence; swelling with a hollow sound; making a hollow sound or note; roaring; resounding.

Extuberate :: Extuberate (v. i.) To swell out.

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To rise or be driven into waves or billows; to heave; as, in tempest, the ocean swells into waves..

Urcelate :: Urcelate (a.) Shaped like a pitcher or urn; swelling below, and contrasted at the orifice, as a calyx or corolla..

Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To act in a pompous, ostentatious, or arrogant manner; to strut; to look big..

Swell :: Swell (v. t.) To increase the size, bulk, or dimensions of; to cause to rise, dilate, or increase; as, rains and dissolving snow swell the rivers in spring; immigration swells the population..

Swell :: Swell (n.) A gradual increase and decrease of the volume of sound; the crescendo and diminuendo combined; -- generally indicated by the sign.

Plump :: Plump (a.) To grow plump; to swell out; as, her cheeks have plumped..

Strove :: Strout (v. t.) To cause to project or swell out; to enlarge affectedly; to strut.

Chilblain :: Chilblain (n.) A blain, sore, or inflammatory swelling, produced by exposure of the feet or hands to cold, and attended by itching, pain, and sometimes ulceration..

Big :: Big (superl.) Great with young; pregnant; swelling; ready to give birth or produce; -- often figuratively.

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